Olynthos
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A Greek polis in the ancient region of Chalkidike.
Establishment
January 650 BC: Olynthos was resettled in the 7th century BC.
Chronology
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Were a series of conflicts between the Achaemenid Empire and Greek city-states.
1.1.Second Persian invasion of Greece
Was an unsuccesful military campaign waged by Achaemenid King Xerxes I that sought to conquer all of Greece.
June 480 BC: Having crossed into Europe in April 480 BC, the Persian army began its march to Greece.
September 479 BC: The Battle of Plataea was the final land battle between the Achaemenid Empire and the Greek Poleis during the second Persian invasion of Greece. The Persian infantry proved no match for the heavily armoured Greek hoplites, and the Spartans broke through to General Mardonius's bodyguard and killed him. The Persian force thus dissolved and 40,000 troops managed to escape to Thessaly. The Persians also left territories occupied in Olynthos.
January 478 BC: Olynthos was destroyed by the Persians.
Was a war between Sparta and the Chalcidian League.
January 378 BC: The Spartan Army of king Agesilaus II occupied Olynthus.
January 453 BC: Olynthus became a Greek polis, but it remained insignificant.
Disestablishment
January 378 BC: The Spartan Army of king Agesilaus II occupied Olynthus.
Selected Sources
Herodotus, The Histories, IX.66
Herodotus, The Histories, VII.25
Xenophon. Greek History, V, 3, 26
